Batch rendering?

pierreaudouin · 3 Jan 2013, 09:08

Hi,
I also had this problem recording.
I did a search in windows and the files were stored in TEMP / vfstextureCache.
I hope you find it!

pierreaudouin · 3 Jan 2013, 09:38

@lvl1201 said:

In some older version of vray the scene 1 will be rendered 2 times in version 1.49.01 this no longer happens.

I have the last version of Vray (1.49.01), but the first scene is rendered two times!!!
I don't know why.
Is it the same for you?

Flatchoum · 3 Jan 2013, 14:43

Thanks for your answers, I still have the same problem; to Andybot, yes I specified a name, and to PierreAudouin, I'm very surprised, it looks like I don't have such a file named vfstextureCache? I looked for it, I don't think I have Hidden files, on Windows 7... Still trying to do a Batch rendering now, I hope 2013 gives me the answer. I'm on Sketchup 8 and bought my Vrayfor SU version in August. To Pierre, you must have an option like "reboot on first scene"?

Flatchoum · 3 Jan 2013, 15:20

Wow! I just looked again, and I finally found the pictures! They were hidden in the OS(C:)/User/(Me)/AppData/Local/Temp/VfsTextureCache!!!
Thank god I can now work and sleep 8 hours in a row!! And Special thanks to PierreAudouin too, you were right! I just wonder why the pics are saved ther and not where I told Vray to save it? an other bug? And the search tool on windows 7 is just useless, perhaps should I stay on a mac next time I buy a Computer...This little gag almost cost me a project

pierreaudouin · 3 Jan 2013, 16:09

Yes, good, this is 2013!!!
Happy new year!
it's weird, it is thanks to the windows search tool I have found my files.
Good for you.
I search "reboot on first scene".I don't have option like this.
it doesn't matter,but if you have a solution...

Flatchoum · 4 Jan 2013, 08:25

Happy new year too! I can't find this option any more, but I'm pretty sure it was part of the previous sketchup versions. By the way I also have the first scene doubled in my file this morning...And they look strictly the same? Now I have a little bug with the "face me components": some of them are grouped at the origin of the axes...Weird, but I may find an explanation on this forum...

peter_shaw · 4 Jan 2013, 15:19

is it possible to change layer states during a batch render? i'm trying to render an animation made with SU animate, but vray only seems to accept the layer state of the first scene.

check the attachement to see what i mean

Untitled.skp

andybot · 4 Jan 2013, 15:35

@peter_shaw said:

is it possible to change layer states during a batch render? i'm trying to render an animation made with SU animate, but vray only seems to accept the layer state of the first scene.

check the attachement to see what i mean

unfortunately, no. That's just the way vray works currently. It only loads the model once at the beginning for batch rendering.

pierreaudouin · 4 Jan 2013, 15:59

and i ask the same question with camera setting (focal, aspect ratio...)?

peter_shaw · 5 Jan 2013, 12:30

@unknownuser said:

and i ask the same question with camera setting (focal, aspect ratio...)?

only position if i remember correctly

andybot · 5 Jan 2013, 19:07

@peter_shaw said:

@unknownuser said:

and i ask the same question with camera setting (focal, aspect ratio...)?

only position if i remember correctly

correct, all the vray variables are set per model. Have to adjust it for each scene

Flatchoum · 7 Jan 2013, 23:10

Since I know how to do a batch rendering, I also get twice the same picture, with twice the render time, for the first scene of my Skp file. I bought my Vray version in july, but I'm not sure which version it is, where do I find it, and is there a way to solve this problem, please?

Flatchoum · 8 Jan 2013, 08:40

At the moment the only solution I found not to lose hours of useless calculation time, is to create a first scene which focuses on a white wall without reflection in a part of my file...Then Vray renders it twice and can start calculation of the other scenes...But it's a bit tricky, isn't it?

panixia · 8 Jan 2013, 09:55

@flatchoum said:

create a first scene which focuses on a white wall without reflection in a part of my file...Then Vray renders it twice and can start calculation of the other scenes..

i used the same once.. the only difference creating a scene inside a black cube wich is also faster than a white wall..
however i generally tend to (rarely to be honest) use batch for test of multiple scenes and to avoid at all batch render for the advanced/final renders, because it does not support layer changes, camera changes, visopt changes, emissive material changes, additional channels etc..

AMELIEBOB · 26 Jan 2013, 21:28

I followed your steps and it saved with the name and the location i adressed! I saw all the scenes change one by one, the VR frame buffer appeared, i went to sleep. The next morning : I found like 4 exact scenes and another one (the same scene!) rendering in VRFB!!

vray kept rendering the same scene over and over!

Is there any solution to this problem??

panixia · 28 Jan 2013, 14:42

make sure in sketchup scene transition is enabled and set to 1sec and scene delay is set to 0. then check the "output" tab in vray options, you should have "save file" ticked and give a path/name to your saved file, then check both "animation on" and "include frame number", finally chose frame rate "custom" and FPS = 1

it MUST work.

RITT1984 · 17 Oct 2017, 22:54

Hello, workin on the latest version in 2016 and can't seem to be able to specify a batch render file type other than the default .png, it would be nice to select the vray image file type to be able to go back in and make exposure etc. adjustments.